Okay, let's be honest. Anyone who isn't at least a little bit fascinated (or terrified) by the meme coin explosion of 2025 is probably living under a rock. We’re speaking about Niche Market, a sector that paradoxically is the only crypto market sector that’s highly profitable at the moment. I...
The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has begun to calculate and publish a Bitcoin index. If successful, this action may herald a seismic change in the Russian crypto-ecosystem. The daily index calculation, which began on June 10 and is conducted at 12:30 PM Moscow time, is seen as a move towards facilitating...
The Moscow Exchange (MOEX) has taken the audacious step of trying to bring cryptocurrencies into Russia’s historical financial fold. Now they’ve released a Bitcoin index to boot! This decision sends a strong message of change regarding how the country might treat digital assets in the future. It unlocked innovative new...
The UK is closing the door on crypto, despite being once a shining light alternative for FinTech innovation. This short sighted decision is devastating the industry, and thusly devastating our country’s future. This is crippling the aspirations of artists and innovators throughout Southeast Asia. As a result, many of them...
Our view is that the U.S. crypto market is at a decisive inflection point. Regulatory uncertainty is the biggest risk of all, putting a damper on potential innovation and investment. As SEC commissioner Hester Peirce has so accurately put it, we are “in a period of no rules.” She compares...
Now, one of the most influential players in finance—Nasdaq—is jumping into the fray on smart cryptocurrency regulation. They’re pushing the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to establish straightforward guidelines governing the fast-growing digital asset space. Nasdaq responded with a 23-page letter to the SEC’s new crypto task force. In...
Nasdaq has been pressuring the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to classify selected cryptocurrencies the same as regular financial securities. The order comes in the midst of larger conversations about the classification and regulation of digital assets. On April 25, Nasdaq sent a letter explaining their rulemaking request. They called...
The Wild West days of Web3 are over, folks. We've all been riding high on the promise of decentralized finance, but a reckoning is coming, and it's wearing a badge and carrying a rule book. Yet that reckoning has suddenly turned very squarely toward Real World Assets (RWAs), the touted...
The crypto world truly is a wild west, unlike anything we’ve ever seen— bursting with innovation and potential, but heavy with risk and trepidation. Regulatory uncertainty. Moreover, according to many investors, the regulatory waters are muddied and it often seems like they’re walking through a minefield. What if there was...
Is Nasdaq's vision of a unified trading platform, a 'crossover trading designation' where stocks, bonds, and crypto commingle, a stroke of genius that will finally unlock mainstream crypto adoption? Are we regulatory minefield sleep walking, here? It would turn the 2008 financial meltdown into a mere kindergarten yard fight.One-Stop Shop...
